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J. Smyth Rogers and John Torrey correspondence, 1827

by: Rogers, J. Smyth (John Smyth), 1794-1851

Publication date: 1827

Topics: Correspondence, Rogers, J. Smyth (John Smyth), 1794-1851 -- Correspondence, Torrey, John, 1796-1873 -- Correspondence, Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864, Holmes, Ezekiel, 1801-1865, Thayer, Sylvanus, 1785-1872, United States Military Academy

Collection: nybgtorrey; biodiversity; NY_Botanical_Garden

Contributor: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library

Language: English

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Correspondence from J. Smyth Rogers to John Torrey, dated 1827. A series of four anxious letters, all sent in June 1827, regarding job prospects in Albany, West Point, and New York City; first both Rogers and Torrey seem to have applied to the same position in Albany; when Rogers is rejected for the Albany job, he begins to campaign to take over Torrey's current position at West Point, which the latter is looking to vacate

John Torrey Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden

Digitized under grant #PW-234827-16 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

Finding aid for the John Torrey papers available from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden and online

Abstract: Correspondence from J. Smyth Rogers to John Torrey, dated 1827. A series of four anxious letters, all sent in June 1827, regarding job prospects in Albany, West Point, and New York City; first both Rogers and Torrey seem to have applied to the same position in Albany; when Rogers is rejected for the Albany job, he begins to campaign to take over Torrey's current position at West Point, which the latter is looking to vacate.